Deviance and Internet Piracy

Deviance and Internet Piracy

In the sociological perspective of functionalist, deviance is important for society to remain functional. For it contributes to the social order.

Piracy is defined as an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea.
The idea of categorizing the transgression of private rights in creative works as "piracy" predates statutory copyright law. The

Sean Parker joined friend Shawn Fanning and started the file-sharing service Napster in 1999.

Napster's popularity among music lovers quickly escalated. Within its first year, the service attracted tens of millions of users, but also became a target of the music industry, which saw the start-up as a huge threat to its business.…show more content…

He should have done more in order to insure that they weren’t breaking laws, but he pretty much stood back. The company rarely did anything to stop piracy. So the end result was justified. With his actions he did trigger the film,music,and software industry to provide more content on the internet for a cheaper price, and on different devices.

In 2006, Jammie Thomas-Rasset a mother of four violated intellectual property laws by downloading illegal music in her use of the file-sharing program Kazaa. The country's top court upheld without comment the verdict against Jammie Thomas-Rasset in the long-running, high-profile digital piracy case.Three trials and multiple appeals later, she has been ordered to pay amounts as high as $1.92 million or $80,000 for each of 24 illegally downloaded tracks. After the third trial, at which the jury awarded the music companies $1.5 million, the amount was reduced on appeal to $220,000. .

She’s someone that should have known better. But during 2006 it wasn’t widely known that it was

The Impact of Piracy
According to the Motion Pictures Association of America website, A pirate is anyone who sells, acquires, copies or distributes copyrighted materials without permission. Over the past ten years, technology has greatly advanced, and with these technological advances, digital file sharing easier than ever. One aspect of these advances is faster Internet connection, which has made it easier to download large files in the matter of minutes. Whereas in the past majority…

History of Internet Piracy and its Impacts
Internet piracy and copyright infringement have become major issues around the globe. Internet piracy has also evolved significantly since its beginnings. The effects are particularly felt by multiple industries, including the music, movie and software industries. As a result of the overwhelming effects of piracy, many pieces of legislation have either been proposed or passed in the United States. Piracy has significantly impacted the Internet as a result…

The United States of America is a free country, then why shouldn’t the internet be free? Why should we have restrictions placed on what we can and cannot do on the internet? Every day, millions of users share files on the internet through numerous online sources. Whether they download music, movies, or software, online file-sharing can give people access to a plentiful amount of information. These files are often free and easily accessible by anyone. The practice of distributing or providing access…

unauthorized peer-to-peer (P2P) systems" (Roda, 2003). Companies are trying to protect copyright infringement by implementing digital encryption technologies and strict laws that prohibit tampering these encryptions.
The Beginning
The era of internet piracy began in May of 1999 when a college student founded a website called Napster that allowed users to upload and download music for free through connected computer networks. "In the first four months of its initial release, Napster hosted roughly…

000 songs? Now that just doesn’t add up.
In recent years, internet piracy or "file sharing" of copyrighted material has gained much popularity. It has been the recent advances in our technology that has made it main stream in the eyes of the general public. “Film makers, record companies, and many other entertainment industries suffer from billions of dollars in lost profits every year… this loss comes as a direct result of internet piracy” (Cherry 1). There is rising debate on the issue of file sharing…

In the late 1990s, most homes and organizations began to receive Internet access. In correlation, many features became available to Web including the fact that files of any type could be downloaded with ease from any source quickly and often for free. The film and music industries felt that the availability of the Internet was posing a large threat to their business model. It was so easy to obtain a song or even an entire movie clip with a click of a mouse. Software and books could be had for “free”…

Software Piracy on the Internet
There has been extensive growth in the number of people accessing the Internet. For this reason, the Internet has become a necessity to the American population, shown in the estimated 50 million users on-line in the U.S. The ease of Internet access has increased along with the advances in technology. Along with price and availability, changes in the web and web browsers have allowed pirates to offer illegal copies of software that can be downloaded by even…

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Internet Piracy: Friend or Foe?
Internet piracy has been debated about for almost two decades, and still its effects are not clear to the public. Piracy is the act of illegally copying files that have been copyrighted, usually things like music, movies, games, and even books. The music and film industry usually report about a sharp decline in sales because of piracy, but other experts disagree and some even claim that piracy is helping those industries. There…

recent years, internet piracy or "file sharing" of copyrighted material has gained much popularity. It is a topic that has incessantly sparked debate and has even received global attention. Although on the surface the act of file sharing may seem harmless, it is far from it. Each year, film and record production companies as well as software and video game development companies suffer from billions of dollars in lost profits. This loss comes as a direct result of internet piracy. Many agree that…

According to movie star Helen Mirren, “It 'll be the Internet and piracy that will kill film.” With the invention of the internet sharing content has been made significantly easier. It also raises the question, “is sharing content belonging to others ok?” This question was brought up thanks to a peer-to-peer file sharing website by the name of Napster.com (online-piracy) when many big name celebrities sued tried to sue this website. Napster alone had over 25 million users so a lot of people thought…